Today's News

The monthly meeting of the Oldham County Post #39 American Legion will be held on the first Thursday of each month. This month’s meeting is Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m., lower level American Legion Post #39 building, 2301 West Highway 146, east end of Oldham County Fairgrounds. Refreshments furnished after the meeting. All veterans welcome.

Circuit Court Judges Karen Conrad and Tim Feeley participated in the 2015 Circuit Judges Winter College that took place Jan. 25-28 in Louisville. The Administrative Office of the Courts provided the education program for the state’s circuit judges.

Ja Hillebrand, Friends of Scouting Chair, invites the community to one of scouting’s largest events. The Leadership Luncheon benefiting Scouting in your local community will be held Feb., 24. The event will be at 12 p.m., at the Galt House-Grand Ballroom. The guest speaker will be Chad Pennington, former NFL quarterback.

Brian Watt, owner of Independent Hardware-Oldham County Rental presented Certificates of Attendance to Ben Kimbler of the Oldham County Road Department and his team for participating in a presentation of “Safe Operation and Maintenance of Handheld Equipment.” The presentation was arranged by Independent Hardware with the help of ECHO and SHINDIAWA at Oldham County Road Department Facility on Jan. 15. Independent Hardware is proud to support the crew at the Oldham County Road Department and thanks them for the great job they do in our community.

Brad McLean has been painting ever since he took the same beginning algebra course at least twice. Others recognized his aptitude for art and encouraged him in it. He has had an urge to create for as long as he can remember and expresses himself well through visual art.

Life has taken McLean through a variety of experiences. The understanding he received from those experiences he now draws upon for portraits, landscapes, homesteads, still life and historical romanticism.

A change is moving at least one part of the process to get a concealed carry license online.

Those interested in a Carrying Concealed Deadly Weapon, or CCDW, license can now go online to begin that process. New to the certification process, applicants may find out at the beginning whether or not they will be prohibited from carrying a gun.

Those interested may fill out the application online and receive a background check and can also see where he or she is in the process of receiving the permit.

After weeks of consideration, the Oldham County Fiscal Court is planning to move forward with a right to work ordinance, while talking to surrounding counties about joining them.

The Oldham Fiscal Court had a first reading of the measure at its meeting Wednesday, which was rescheduled due to weather. Such an ordinance would forbid unions from forcing employees to pay union dues whether they want to or not. Critics of the idea call it “right to work for less” because they claim it would lower union membership, thereby hampering collective bargaining.